The first President of Estonia was Konstantin Päts, who served from 1938 to 1940. Konstantin Päts was born in Tahkuranna, Saaremaa, Estonia, on February 23, 1874. He was the son of a farmer and attended the University of Tartu, where he studied law. Päts was active in politics from a young age and served as a member of the Estonian Provincial Assembly from 1905 to 1917. Following Estonia’s...
Pioneering the Presidency: Estonia’s First Presidential Leader
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